Help your learners navigate the vocabulary of Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori with a lesson on categorizing words. After coming up with a list of things that grow from the earth, learners decide which categories each words belong in.

Pupils read Corn Belt Harvest and write sentences about corn's uses. They visit a cornfield and a grain elevator or have guest speakers come to class. They design posters about harvesting or processing corn into grain.

Get creative and use a tissue paper collage to make wonderful window hangings for the classroom. You'll find the materials list, objectives, and instructions needed to complete this fun activity. This project encourages eye-hand...

Learners understand that some plants grow better with other plants. In this companion planting lesson, students observe the "three sisters" growing system used by the Native Americans. Learners understand that small gardens grow better...

Designed for your advanced English language learners, this commonly confused words quiz contains 20 multiple choice options. The user reads the sentence and decides which option best fits in the space provided. 

Focus on the geography of Oklahoma.  In this activity, learners compare different geographic regions in Oklahoma, create a collage to share their results, and identify important landforms throughout the United States, such as the...

Students read "The Rainbow Fish" and discuss how the fish benefited by giving others. In this sharing lesson, students prepare plants and letters for senior citizens. Students present their letters and plants at a visit to a senior...

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students visit a retirement home with their classmates. Students deliver cards and plants to the residents there.

Students become familiar with the work of Claude Monet and his garden paintings.  In this Monet lesson, students compare the garden works of Claude Monet.  Students examine pictures for the colors in his paintings. Students...

Ninth graders gather samples of different tree leaves in their neighborhoods, and on school grounds, and identify several species of common South Carolina trees using leaf and growth characteristics with aid of dichotomous key.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this math worksheet, students solve 10 problems using a calculator. Students turn the calculator upside down and match the words they see with 10 clues.

Students will explain the Archimedes's Principle. In this lesson on plankton, students will describe three factors that can affect the buoyancy of plankton. This lesson contains extensive background information, extensions, and multiple...

Students explain diversity and abundance in marine life. In this oceanic biology lesson plan, students collect information for various geographical areas to collect a census of marine life.

Students explain various scientific laws used in SCUBA diving. For this theory based lesson, students examine and explain how temperature, density, and salinity relate to SCUBA diving using various scientific laws to engage their learning.

Students compare shipping peanuts made from corn and made from Styrofoam. In this corn based peanuts lesson, students understand why to use eco-friendly materials for packing. Students participate in an experiment to compare the...

Second graders make a quilt. In this cultural diversity lesson, 2nd graders review their knowledge of the Metis people. Students work in groups to create a class quilt that illustrates the lives of these people. Quilt themes include...

Young scholars create a geometric pattern using mandalas, polygons and symmetry. In this geometry instructional activity, students analyze the mathematics involved in making the mandalas, including the shapes and symmetry. Young scholars...

This plant structure and function PowerPoint addresses the main organs and the factors that affect its development as well as going into detail about the specializations at a cellular level.   The cell functions and system...

Apply fractions in the real world using these 10 word problems, each of which has a space for scholars to work out the equation. The problems give whole numbers for scholars to work with, and there aren't any mixed number answers. Pupils...

Students participate in a tea ceremony in order to explore the multisensory experience that can be enjoyed as a bowl of tea and the various tea utensils are viewed, contemplated and experienced in this High School lesson plan.

Students consider the role of women in upper-class Japanese society through the reading of a folktale and the study of Japanese art images. The lesson plan emphasizes small, cooperative learning groups.

Students discuss the Mimetic theory and design a still life design in linoleum block.  In this Mimetic theory lesson, students discuss the importance of realism in art and research Greek and Roman art forms from which the Mimetic...

In this compound events practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.